In 2008, Barack Obama, then a young Senator from Illinois, ran for president proclaiming he was “fired up and ready to go” ...

This year, Americans got two opposite sets of instructions for the same dinner plate. Many of us responded the way we now ...

Political scientist Lilliana Mason challenges how we understand America’s democratic crisis and what journalism owes the ...

Nearly 50 million young people ages 18-29 will be eligible to vote this November, including an estimated eight million who ...

As Election Day looms, voter intimidation tactics abound. On Monday, Trump offered $1 million for voter fraud tips that lead ...

Deborah Wilson is a contributor for The Fulcrum, a nonpartisan publication dedicated to strengthening democracy by fostering informed civic engagement and elevating diverse perspectives.

The midterms seem to be adhering to a familiar script: the sitting president will be rebuked and the party in power will lose ...

More than half of America’s military veterans identify as independents, not Democrats or Republicans. Yet in many states with ...

Yesterday, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth fired another round of shots in his war on higher education, and once again he ...

The signers include former Deputy Attorney General Donald Ayer, former U.S. Attorneys Joyce Vance and Barbara McQuade, and ...

Despite how ubiquitous, prolix, and attention-seeking as he is, sometimes it’s still hard to know what makes President Trump ...

President Trump recently signed an executive order telling federal agencies to replace the term "artificial intelligence" ...